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Shibori Shibori was founded in 2005 by Pepa Martin and Karen Davis In 2013, Pepa and Karen released a range of wallpaper reflecting their hand done aesthetic.

Pepa Martin and Karen Davis founders of Shibori, a boutique textile agency, are renowned for pushing the boundaries of this ancient Japanese craft. By exploring and modernising old techniques on modern fabrics the pair injects a strong design element into their work making an old craft new again. Shibori fabrics have been used by some of Australia’s top designers in both fashion and interiors and their hand dyed leathers and commercial fabrics can be seen in venues throughout Australia. Authors of Shibori Created: shibori in the 21st century, documents the reinvention and recreation of the ancient Japanese art of shibori and its place in design today. A photographic journal containing interviews from a range of diverse artisans, designers, fashion identities and textile collectors, explores the various uses of the ancient craft and versatility of fabric manipulation in the digital age. Each design is hand dyed before being digitally printed on high performance wallpaper. Following a media splash on its release the wallpaper has already been used as a backdrop for Australian fashion week and for an international marketing campaign by one of Australia’s largest retailers. With the flexibility of their trade, the pair has collaborated on some unique projects including; a full scale dip dyed hot air balloon, fabric inlayed surf boards made by McTavish and Sibella Court as well as a home wares range with Lee Mathews and collaboration with Milton and King wallpapers and Sparkk fabrics.

Longing to do a shibori indigo workshop but can't make the weekend?Join us midweek instead.Wednesday 28 October, 11am to...
17/10/2026

Longing to do a shibori indigo workshop but can't make the weekend?
Join us midweek instead.
Wednesday 28 October, 11am to 2pm
Shibori studio, 30D Salisbury Road, Stanmore
In this three-hour hands-on workshop, you'll learn traditional Japanese shibori resist techniques: folding, binding and clamping cloth to create pattern, then dipping it in natural indigo and watching it shift from green to deep blue as it meets the air.
We'll guide you through each technique step by step, and you'll leave with your own hand-dyed pieces to take home. No experience needed, just bring your curiosity, and wear clothes you don't mind getting blue.
All materials provided. Places are limited to keep the group small. Book here
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Our latest works headed to Texas for the Affordable Art Fair Houston, showing with our lovely fellow Australian .artand ...
11/10/2026

Our latest works headed to Texas for the Affordable Art Fair Houston, showing with our lovely fellow Australian .artand at Stand A7 15-18th October.
Each piece starts as plain silk, bound, pleated and dyed by hand in our Sydney studio. The heat sets the folds permanently, so every ridge holds its shape like strata in a cliff face. Under gallery lights the pleats catch raking light and shift as you move past them, so each pieve us always in motion.
We frame our work with art glass in box frames.
If you're in Houston, please reach out for tickets to see the fair and stop by to say hi to the Shazia. And if a piece speaks to you but the colour isn't quite right, we take commissions in any Pantone.

It's just like the ocean
16/09/2026

It's just like the ocean

Welcome, and hello to any new faces here.I thought we should introduce ourselves. We are Karen and Pepa.Shibori is both ...
16/09/2026

Welcome, and hello to any new faces here.
I thought we should introduce ourselves. We are Karen and Pepa.
Shibori is both our fine-art practice and our journey of working as artists and designers with cloth for almost 20 years. With sculptural textiles, we fold, bind, dye and pleat cloth into something that behaves less like fabric and more like landscape. We create large-scale wall works and ceiling installations, built from resist-dyed and heat-set pleated textiles.
For our artwork we are represented by Galerie Duret (Paris) and Lucinda Dalton (London). Shown at Art Miami, Seattle Art Fair and Palm Beach. Authors of Shibori Recreated and Tie-Dye and Dip-Dye (Thames & Hudson).
On the other side of the coin is our shibori studio, where we create pattern and print and anything that dye can make. You can find this side of our work , and .
Studio, works in progress, workshops and the mess before the magic — it all lives here. So glad you found us.
shibori.com.au
karendavisandpepamartin.com

Introducing the first piece in our Wave Collection: Wave 1.Wave 1 is a contemporary sculptural textile artwork featuring...
03/06/2026

Introducing the first piece in our Wave Collection: Wave 1.

Wave 1 is a contemporary sculptural textile artwork featuring layered pleats in indigo, silver-brown, and deep navy tones. The intricate pleating evokes the essence of flowing water, geological formations, and shifting landscapes. Through a focus on rhythm, texture, and movement, this work explores the dynamic relationship between material, water, and the forces of nature.

Product Details:

- Framing: Available framed or unframed.

Come along and visit at Stand F1 at the Austin Affordable Art Fair
14/05/2026

Come along and visit at Stand F1 at the Austin Affordable Art Fair

Final day with . Lucinda has such a beautiful range of artists works available. If you are in the area, be sure to chec...
10/05/2026

Final day with . Lucinda has such a beautiful range of artists works available. If you are in the area, be sure to check it out.

We are so thrilled to have some pieces included on Stand on currently.
06/05/2026

We are so thrilled to have some pieces included on Stand on currently.

stand at San Francisco Art Fair, with christen
18/04/2026

stand at San Francisco Art Fair, with christen

San Francisco Art Fair opens tomorrow.We are thrilled to have some pieces represented by available.
16/04/2026

San Francisco Art Fair opens tomorrow.
We are thrilled to have some pieces represented by available.

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30D Salisbury Road
Stanmore, NSW
2048

Opening Hours

10am - 2pm

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